[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 5, 2003)]
[House]
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                        House of Representatives

  The House met at 3 p.m.
  The Reverend Sara A. Gausmann, St. Paul Lutheran Church, York, 
Pennsylvania, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious God of light and peace, we praise You for the way You have 
blessed our Nation with a bounty of resources and talents. Enlighten us 
this day with a measure of Your wisdom, that we would use the gifts You 
have given us for the good of all. Where there is confusion, give us 
clarity of thought; where there is danger, cause us to walk carefully; 
and where there is injustice, help us to work diligently to eliminate 
it.
  Empower our Nation to continue to be a beacon of hope for the cause 
of freedom. Bless our President and Congress and all our leaders, that 
we might be guided by Your precepts and comforted by Your grace. May 
the work undertaken in this place today be pleasing in Your sight and 
directed by Your will, for You live and reign as God forever and ever. 
Amen.

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